California by campervan

[karen1]

Has anyone travelled around California by campervan.Im looking to do this in September but,after adding up milage costs and fees for sites,Im thinking it could be cheaper to travel by car and stay in guest houses.Any advice or information would be much appreciated.

[PeckhamRose]

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[sazzle]

Hey Karen1

I flew in to LV then drove to San Diego and followed Highway 1 to San Fran.

PeckhamRose helped me too so I will come along on Tues and share any info i can!

I can tell you how much we spent as well...

EDF was very helpful loads of people put great ideas on this thread below:

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,428918,page=1

Saz

[PeckhamRose]

Ohh goodee, I hope you can join us Karen!

[SCSB79]

Do it - it is quite simply the best holiday you will do. Me and the other half flew into San Fran, did a quick one day tour, then picked up our 25ft RV.

We spent 5 days driving from SF to Los Angeles via Santa Cruz, Big Sur, Pebble Beach (17 mile drive - A-MAH-ZING!!), Hearst Castle, Monteray, Malibu and a couple of other places... probably not in that order as my memory isn't great!!

The views, the places, the fun you will have, will far outweigh any costs you may have to spend!!

It might be fun to do in a funky convertable and stay places, but having your home in the back of the van makes it so, so easy. There are so many camp sites along route one that are reasonably well priced.... some very basic, some with pools and jacuzzis!!!

Was my favourite holiday to date and I would love to go back... wish we had more time to go a little further.

[PeckhamRose]

Fabulous! And even better on a motorcycle!

[giggirl]

I've never driven SF to LA but have driven LA to SF a few times. It's a great drive and very peaceful. I'm not a camping girl myself (I don't see the point when there are perfectly decent 4 star hotels with room service) but if that's what works for you then there's nowhere better than California. Enjoy.

[woofmarkthedog]

If.....

If you "do" car camping ( everything goes in the boot, you drive & camp thingy ) then look out for this place

R.E.I.

I used them when I was climbing in & around that area

Join before you go, very good hire deals, from an "air bed" to a "white water raft"

( of course you will need one of those )

But caution when in the shop though. I went a bit mad and bough tons of new climbing kit ( of course I need it all dear ) as it's still way cheaper than here

W**F

[SteveT]

When I considered doing this it was expensive and it means spending your holiday driving a truck.

These winniebago's have a very long over-hang from behind the back wheels and you can get into all kinds of trouble if you do not allow for it.

My brother lived for a while in one that was as big as a bus, and it was not an easy thing to drive and less so to manoeuvre.

[PeckhamRose]

A GREAT night with you and sazzle at the Clockhouse last night. Even though we found ourselves in the pub quiz and came a respectable middlish - I hope you have a great time and look forward to seeing you both again end of September. Shall we make it another Wednesday? ;)

[YawnAlot]

Hi Karen, I did around Florida, Memphis, New Orleans and that a few years ago. We were going to get a campervan, but decided to drive. Rented a massive wagon for fairly cheap and stayed in Motels and cheap hotels along the way. Sure you can do the same on West side.

[karen1]

Thanks for all of the maps ,advice and the beers.I feel quite confident now in just getting a car ,pre-booking the first night and then just finding accommadation along the way.See you end of september.